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And Cinequest... is OVER!
I can honestly say you won't see me in any movie theater any time soon, and the Cinequest volunteers looked like they are ready to go home and sleep for a week... but we had a fantastic time this weekend. We saw "Puzzlehead" which was good in that slow, dull foreign film kind of way - it was a USA film, which was funny, but it was good. Nothing to crow about, but it wasn't bad. THEN... we got to see Edward James Olmos. And we thought we were going to see a PREVIEW of his latest movie, but we actually got to see the entire movie... "Walkout", oh gosh this movie was SO GOOD, and it's bringing tears to my eyes just thinking about it again. And the good news for you? It will be on HBO March 18 - and if you have HBO you should see it. Also - it stars Michael Pena, AGAIN, this guy is all over the place now, eh? And of the three films I've seen him in, this is his very very best. After the movie they brought out Edward James Olmos and his son Bodie (cutie pie) for an interview. Fabulous fabulous. I brought Spike there for a reason, and it was fulfilled. First of all, Walkout was a movie about the chicano school walkouts in 1968 in East LA - and all of Spike's grandparents on his father's side were living in E.LA at the time. So this is his history. And Mr.Olmos said something that hit home with a lot of people there - "Education is the one thing they can't take away from you. When your mind is educated, it's educated. They can't take that away." That was by far the best movie of Cinequest, and the best time I had there. And Spike and I were front and center row. Too bad our cameras suck, heh. Finally, time for the awards. All my favorites won!!! Then it was the closing movie, "Water" by Deepa Mehta, and that was fabulous. Colorful, sad, uplifting, emotional. The whole thing. I'm sure this will be in theaters at least in limited distribution, and for sure it will be on Netflix eventually so you should all put this on your list. And then... PARTY PARTY PARTY!!! At Blakes Bar and Grill, food food food, wine-soda-coffee, music, dancing, directors and actors all over the place - Spike and I had a blast. I spent a lot of time speaking to the director and actors of Freedom State, and it looks like at the very least there will be DVDs available on the website, so keep your eye on it. So that's the end. As much fun as we had, Spike and I are glad it's over. Spike is glad he can go do whatever he wants to now, or nothing at all - I'm looking forward to a homemade meal and some couch sitting time. We're ready for a rest. This year Cinequest was by far 100 times better than any I had gone to before. Our passes were worth every dime spent, and we got our money's worth out of them. I personally saw 17 movies and went to two parties, Spike saw 21 movies and went to three parties. We have t-shirts, dvds, posters and a great Cinequest bag. Met some fabulous people and are pretty well acquanted with downtown now. At 11pm we said our goodbyes and went home to bed. Good bye 2nd & 3rd Street parking garage. See ya next year! Posted by Pischina at March 13, 2006 9:00 AMComments
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